BENETEAU OCEANIS 48, Owner'S Manual

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Index H
Deck
4
S
TABILITY
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Breaking waves represent a serious danger for stability and for taking in water. Close the companionway
doors and hatches in heavy seas.
During sailing keep all the portholes, windows and doors closed.
- The stability is reduced when you add weight in the upper parts.
- Stability may be reduced when towing a boat or when heavy weights are lifted with the davits.
P
REVENTION OF MAN OVERBOARD
.
Regularly check the guard-rails:
- With metal guard-rails, watch for corrosion particularly at connecting points.
- With synthetic guard-rails, change them as soon as they show signs of wear due to chafing or UV.
M
OORING LINES
.
A sufficient number of mooring lines suitably sized and suitable for the environment shall be on board for
mooring your boat.
- Always manoeuvre your boat using the engine.
- Make allowance for the current and wind when you handle your boat.
- Protect your boat to the highest degree with suitably sized fenders.
- Always keep the mooring ropes unfouled and stored away.
- Handle your boat at a reduced speed.
A
FTER MOORING
- Protect the mooring lines against chafing with plastic sleeves.
- Make allowance for the variations in tides if need be.
Areas forbidden when sailing:
- Aft quarterdeck.
- Roof.
D
ANGER
-Wear your life jacket.
-In heavy weather, wear your safety
harness and fasten yourself to the boat.
-When at sea close the guardrail side-
opening or openings.
-Do not try to stop the boat using a boat
hook or your foot, your hand or any other
part of the body.
W
ARNING
-The sudden closing of a locker due to a
gust of wind or movement of the boat
could result in injury.
A
DVICE
- R
ECOMMENDATION
-Close the deck hatches and portholes
before each trip (including the
companionway hatch in heavy weather).